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In keeping with its Windows 2000 integration theme, Microsoft has released its Windows Services for Unix .2.0.
The software, designed to help users integrate Win 2000 with Unix systems, provides file system support, shell and scripting languages, command-line utilities and integration with Active Directory for centralized administration.
The message, however, may be as much about migration as it is about integration. Services for Unix Z.0 (SFU) allows users to migrate Network Information Services (NIS) - the Unix naming service - to Active Directory.The migration of user identifications allows the administration of Unix users from within Active Directory, giving Microsoft an important user-management role in...